Article
Social innovation networks and agrifood citizenship. The case of Florianopolis ´ Area, Santa Catarina/Brazil
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SOUZA, J. C.; PUGAS, A. S. ROVER, O. J. NODARI, E. S. Social innovation networks and agrifood citizenship. The case of Florianopólis´ Area, Santa Catarina/Brazil. Journal of Rural Studies. v. XX, n. XX, p. xx-xx, 2021.
0743-0167
Author
Souza, Julia Coelho de
Pugas, Adevan da Silva
Rover, Oscar José
Nodari, Eunice Sueli
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Abstract
Food production and supply have been affected by several contemporary phenomena. They have stimulated
movements for the social construction of alternative markets in urban centres, which reflect the growing interest
of consumers in the quality of food and increased the demand for organic and agroecological products. The
present article uses the theoretical approach of social innovation to investigate the emergence of trajectories that
organize networks and articulate production, supply and purchase of superior biological quality food in the
Florianopolis ´ Metropolitan Area and beyond, Southern Brazil which we identify as an agrifood citizenship
network. The research was developed through participatory methodologies, using interviews, participant
observation and the use of databases. We verified that organizations and networks have been acting interdependently, generating social innovations. We’ve shown that actors create relations of proximity through markets,
which are explained by the network articulation in groups of farmers, social organizations and public institutions. From the rural areas, this social innovation emerges in the form of an agrifood citizenship network,
directly related to the trajectory of organizations and network focused on agroecology and short food supply
chains.